For those wanting to cover up packages for four decades, the roof of a church is probably a fantastic hiding place.

And so it proved for Hull Minster's congregation from 1972, whose four capsule packages lay undiscovered for forty-five years - until now.

Contractors stumbled across the four packages while carrying out restoration work on the Minster, which is in the middle of a huge transformation.

Three cardboard tubes and a tartan shortbread tin were taken from the roof and examined. The time capsule was found to have been left from a previous renovation carried out on the roof in the early 1970’s.

And its current restoration has unveiled messages from the past.

John Lawson, Welcomer and Volunteer opening the capsule at the Minster

The time capsule contains newspapers, stamps, memorial service programmes and a plethora of church service sheets.

Rifling through the newspapers you can see images of the past-and present. One issue of the Hull Tomorrow paper from 1972 shows an artist’s interpretation of what the Humber Bridge might look like once building work had finished.